The Silver Key

"Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key

Friday, September 28, 2007

Why Tolkien is the man

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"Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

I found the holy grail--and it is Excalibur

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Part 2 of a 10-part series in which I examine my favorite films, and the reasons why I love them so. Excalibur is, by most standards, an od...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Behind the DM screen again, part 2

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Part 2 of a 2-part series about my experience dungeon mastering a game of Dungeons & Dragons after a long, long absence. As I stated in ...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Behind the DM screen again

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Part 1 of a 2-part series about my experience dungeon mastering a game of Dungeons & Dragons after a long, long absence. About a month a...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

A landmark is gone, and life is a little more mundane

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Every morning, my one-hour commute to work down I-95 in Northern Massa-chusetts takes me past Danvers State Hospital. It's the building ...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: My love affair with Blade Runner (director’s cut)

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Part 1 of a 10-part series in which I examine my favorite films, and the reasons why I love them so. I've … seen things you people would...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Dungeons and Dragons fan, and (proud?) of it

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I'm a huge fan of Dungeons & Dragons and of role-playing games in general. I've been playing D&D since roughly age 10 when m...
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Brian Murphy
Marketing professional by day; skald in the Hall of Fire by night; and member of the S.H.I.E.L.D.W.A.L.L. Author of Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (2020, Pulp Hero Press). Essayist and reviewer for numerous web and print-based fantasy and sword-and-sorcery publications, including The Cimmerian, Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Mythprint, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, The Dark Man, DMR Blog, Skelos, and SFFaudio.com. Two-time Robert E. Howard Foundation award winner: The Atlantean (Outstanding Achievement/Book for Flame and Crimson) and The Venarium (emerging scholar in REH studies).
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